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During the moment of the motor starting, find out the starting current and terminal voltage
using the locked rotor impedance to verify a series reactor with calculations:
𝑃
Full load Current (A) = = 6.291 𝑝. 𝑢
√3 ∗ 𝑉 ∗ 𝐶𝑜𝑠 𝜑 ∗ 𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦

Voltage Available during starting= 10.237 kV

Motor Details:
Rating 1000 kW
Power factor 0.86
Efficiency 97.3
Voltage 11 kV
Frequency 50 Hz
Rated Speed 1493 Rpm
No of Poles 2

Figure 1: During Motor starting

At the time of starting, at Slip 1 the reactance value will increases. Figure 2 shows that
in the equivalent circuit of induction motor at slip 1 the resistance RL will be 0 because it is
short-circuited. After starting the motor, the impedance will be changed, because slip will
vary and SX2 will also vary, So motor impedance also varies depending on SX2.

Figure 2: Equivalent circuit of Induction motor

So performed the short circuit at the rotor impedance (Locked Rotor impedance) of
the motor and this is another way to find the starting current of the motor. These methods
are not applicable for before and after motor starting. It is applicable only in during starting
time.

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3 (a) 3 (b)
Figure 3 (a) & (b): Locked Rotor X/R,Current and Reactance

To find out the Locked Rotor Impedance of the Motor using X/R Locked Rotor:
𝑀𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟𝐿𝑅𝑋 = 0.1575 𝑀𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑋/𝑅 = 4.552036
𝑀𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟𝐿𝑅𝑋
𝑀𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟𝐿𝑅𝑅 = = 0.0346
𝑀𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑋/𝑅

𝑀𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟𝐿𝑅𝑍 = √(𝑀𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟𝐿𝑅𝑋 )2 + (𝑀𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟𝐿𝑅𝑅 )2 = 0.16129

The series reactor at the time of starting is shown in Figures 4 (a) and 4(b). After the
motor starting, the motor impedance will be changed and they perform the short circuit at
terminal 3 and calculate the Locked rotor Impedance (LRZ) of the motor and assign the same
value to the series reactor and also create the short circuit at the same terminal 3 of the series
reactor.

4(a)

4(b)
Figure 4 (a) & (b) : Series Reactor Moelling Figure 5: Short circuit at Rotor impedance

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From figure 5, simulation results show that the short-circuited current of terminal 3 is 0.361
kA and the voltage at terminal 2 is 0.9227 p.u.Similarly, Figure 1 shows the same results of
the current and voltage. And also explained the static motor starting report below in figure 6.

1 2 3 4 5

Figure 6: Static Motor Study Simulation Report

1. The terminal voltage before starting 1
p.u → It is nothing but like a load flow
without the motor and finding the
voltage for the particular motor
terminal.
2. Motor voltage minimum on starting
→ Short circuit scenario of the locked
rotor at the time of starting.
3. After Starting → After the motor
starts the motor acts as load flow
shown in figure 7.
4. Starting current of the motor.
= Locked rotor current X motor
voltage on minimum starting X FLA
= 6.2 X 0.931 X 62.91 →0.3631 kA
5. Starting Power factor of the motor.
To find out the power factor of the
Motor at the time of starting.
Using Formula:
𝑿
𝝋 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 Figure 6: Figure 7:
𝑹
𝜑 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 4.552036 Load Flow results Load Flow results
𝜑 = 77.60 without motor with motor
𝑪𝒐𝒔 𝝋 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟏𝟒𝟕
Note: The series reactor doesn’t exist in the actual system. For the understanding purpose only
used the rotor impedance value to verify the series reactor, so only I modelled it separately for
a verification purpose.

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Reference:
IPSA Digsilent power factory course at Power Projects.
Power system stability and control Prabha kundur.
IEEE 3002.7-2018 Recommended Practice for Conducting Motor-Starting Studies and
Analysis of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems.